%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of an Anti-Supine Shirt for Treatment of Supine-related Obstructive Sleep Apnea
%A Luigi Taranto Montemurro
%A Melissa Brijbassi
%A T Douglas Bradley
%A Takatoshi Kasai
%J Open Journal of Immunology
%D 2014
%R 10.4172/2167-0277.1000174
%X Background and Objective: To evaluate the effects of a t-shirt designed to prevent patients from sleeping supine (anti-supine shirt) on the frequency of apneas and hypopneas per hour of sleep (apnea-hypopnea index) in patients with supine-related obstructive sleep apnea.

Methods: Twenty-seven consecutive patients found to have supine-related obstructive sleep apnea on a diagnostic polysomnogram were prescribed an anti-supine shirt and then underwent a follow up polysomnogram while wearing this shirt. We then compared the amount of supine sleep time and apnea-hypopnea index between the baseline and follow-up polysomnograms.

Results: A comparison between the baseline and follow-up polysomnograms revealed that there was no significant difference in total sleep time (from 297.2 ¡À 76.5 to 289.8 ¡À 101.6 min, p=0.654), but there was a significant reduction in the amount of supine sleep time while wearing the anti-supine shirt (from 149.2 ¡À 82.9 to 21.3 ¡À 52.9 min, p<0.001). This was accompanied by a 55% reduction in the total apnea-hypopnea index (from 23.8 ¡À 8.0 to 10.7 ¡À 14.7, p<0.001)

Conclusions: The anti-snore shirt reduced the severity of supine-related obstructive sleep apnea by reducing the amount of time spent sleeping supine.
%K Melissa Brijbassi
%K Takatoshi Kasai
%K Luigi Taranto Montemurro and T Douglas Bradley
%K Sleep apnea
%K Posture
%K Supine
%K Positional therapy
%K Antisupine shirt
%U https://www.longdom.org/abstract/effect-of-an-antisupine-shirt-for-treatment-of-supinerelated-obstructive-sleep-apnea-28617.html